#9B8CCE#9B8CCE

#9B8CCE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.097 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8CCE
RGB	rgb(155, 140, 206)
HSL	hsl(254, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(254, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 32%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, 19.67, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 37.55, 301.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% 0.0396 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.097 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0336, 30.1806, 62.4129)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8CCE #BFCE8C

analogous

#8C9ECE #9B8CCE #BC8CCE

triadic

#9B8CCE #CE9B8C #8CCE9B

tetradic

#9B8CCE #CE8C9E #BFCE8C #8CCEBC

square

#9B8CCE #CE8C9E #BFCE8C #8CCEBC

split-complementary

#9B8CCE #CEBC8C #9ECE8C

monochromatic

#57439D #7661BC #9B8CCE #C0B7E0 #E6E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9B8CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#9B8CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8CCE

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8CCE	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B96D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9197A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 140, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.097 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9addd',
    500: '#9b8cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8cce;
$custom-light: #b9addd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 40.244,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6784,
    "c": 0.09703,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8CCE

secondary

#E0E5D1

accent

#B33296

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8CCE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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